The U.S. Navy said it was investigating reports of a "chemical smell" in drinking water at some military homes in the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam area Sunday evening. A military wife told Hawaiʻi Public Radio the water smelled like diesel fuel.
The Navy said Sunday there was no immediate indication that the water is not safe.
The Navy said it was testing the water. Navy engineers have visited some of the homes and the Navy’s drinking water wells to investigate.
"There was no smell or sign of fuel or chemicals in the water at the Navy’s water wells and water tanks," the Navy said, adding that water samples were collected for testing.
A military wife — who did not want to be identified by name — told HPR her family was not using water from the faucet after identifying the smell themselves. She and her family live in housing that receives water from the Navy.
"We're being told that there's no evidence that it's unsafe, but when we turn on the tap, it smells — it is diesel fuel, like in our water. It is jet fuel coming out of our tap," she said.
The woman said her husband, a diesel mechanic, identified the smell as well.
"I just want (the Navy) to just acknowledge that there is something going on with our water and that, probably shouldn't be drinking it — even like I said, out of an abundance of caution," she said. "I just want it to be acknowledged in an honest and timely way."
Hawaiʻi Public Radio's The Conversation has learned a preschool in the area, Holy Family Catholic Academy Preschool, shut its doors Monday in an abundance of caution. Families told HPR they reported smelling fumes in water in the cafeteria.
The Navy said it was working with the state Department of Health on testing the water. The department said it is in contact with the Navy.
This is a developing story. Audio from The Conversation will be added after the show airs from 11 a.m. to noon.
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